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Not so terrible after all, Muriel

One of our greatest films celebrates its twentieth birthday

13 September 2014

9:00 AM

13 September 2014

9:00 AM

Quickly: what’s your favourite Australian film so far this year? Trick question, of course. You probably haven’t seen any.

As usual, Australia has released a few good films in the past few months, but nobody bothered to see them, leaving industry mavens scratching their heads. For example, These Final Hours had good reviews, so why was the box-office so dismal? Well… good as it was, it was a movie about the end of the world.

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